> Right now it's the most exciting tourist attraction in San Francisco.
I'm as excited as you about self driving cars, but the vehicles are essentially driven remotely, maybe not by live video feed but nonetheless by remote operators, in the sense that matters. It is more tourist attraction than it is end-all be-all of technology, which was very deflating to find out.
All I am really saying Simon is that you are a highly educated guy: adopt a more nuanced take on this. According to the people I know who work in this space and are not trying to raise money for autonomous vehicles, and according to many journalists, there is a lot of consensus that Waymo has adopted a remote driving scheme that is working, and perhaps that is why they are operating a taxi service and others are not. It isn't clear if that growth story, as great as it is, will help them raise enough money to invent truly autonomous vehicles.
I'm as excited as you about self driving cars, but the vehicles are essentially driven remotely, maybe not by live video feed but nonetheless by remote operators, in the sense that matters. It is more tourist attraction than it is end-all be-all of technology, which was very deflating to find out.
All I am really saying Simon is that you are a highly educated guy: adopt a more nuanced take on this. According to the people I know who work in this space and are not trying to raise money for autonomous vehicles, and according to many journalists, there is a lot of consensus that Waymo has adopted a remote driving scheme that is working, and perhaps that is why they are operating a taxi service and others are not. It isn't clear if that growth story, as great as it is, will help them raise enough money to invent truly autonomous vehicles.